It seems like we are going back to winter.  yesterday the lake was nice and
open and today it was more than half ice-covered.  There was a decent
movement of mergansers and gulls, but not much variety.

Lakeshore Waterbird Survey
Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry
March 26, 2011, 700-1000
Weather- partly cloudy
Winds- N 5-10, Temp- 20-23 F
Barometer- 30.18-30.19,
Humidity-68-60, Dew point- 11-12
Waves- 1-2 feet, Flight direction- east
Ice 60%

Canada goose   3
Gadwall   2
Lesser scaup   5
Common goldeneye   2
Red-breasted merganser   886
Bonaparte's gull   64
Ring-billed gull   384
Herring gull   42
Great black-backed gull   3


John Pogacnik
4765 Lockwood Road
Perry, OH 44081
(440) 259-2751

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